The latest official figures show domestic box office profit in China during the first quarter in 2016 has hit a record high with 14.47 billion yuan, or 2.2 billion US dollars, up about 50 per cent on last year.

根据最新官方数据显示，中国电影市场票房收入在2016年的第一季度已达到创纪录的144亿7000万元，折合22亿美元，与去年同比增长50%。

The number of viewing trips to cinemas in the past three months is over 400 million, also setting a new record.

在过去三个月里，电影院观影人次超过4亿，这也创下了新的记录。

Domestically made films generated more than 70 per cent of the total ticket sales, among which "The Mermaid¹" directed by Stephen Chow contributed more than 3.3 billion yuan by itself.

国产电影的票房总销售额占据总销售额的70%以上，其中周星驰导演的电影《美人鱼》贡献了超过33亿元的票房。

Among imported films, the animation² "Zootopia" is the best-selling, with ticket income of 1.3 billion yuan.

在进口电影中，动画电影《疯狂动物城》成为最受欢迎的电影，其票房收入达到了13亿元。

Going to the cinema has become a major entertainment activity for people during China's most mportant festival, the Spring Festival which fell this year in February, so a prosperous market was expected.

去电影院看电影已经成为在中国最重要的节日--今年2月分的春节--期间，人们主要的娱乐活动。因此，电影市场的繁荣也是意料之中的。

Also, single big-budget films like "The Mermaid" and "From Vegas to Macau" have contributed to the boom attracting big audiences.

此外，像《美人鱼》和《澳门风云》这样的大预算电影也有助于吸引大批观众。